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Every Child Matters in New Hampshire is asking Senators Kelly Ayotte and Jeanne Shaheen to reject the deep cuts in programs for children, youth and families the House adopted last week. The House measure cuts $61 billion nationwide in this fiscal year ending September 30, 2011. Hundreds of millions in health, education, and safety programs could be cut in New Hampshire if the Senate, expected to vote on the budget next week, goes along with the House. Every Child Matters urges the Senate to fund children’s programs at their current levels for the rest of the year. Already faced with a severe state budget deficit, the situation will be made much worse if Congress adopts the House budget. Among scores of federally funded programs to be cut in New Hampshire:

132 fewer children would have access to Head Start
Special education would lose $2.3 million
New Hampshire would face a $112 million reduction in Pell Grant funding
Cuts in maternal and child health would reduce pre-natal care to pregnant women
Mental health and substance abuse treatment and prevention would drop by more than $1 million
Hundreds of children would lose their after-school programs

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Representatives Forget That Children Did Not Cause The Deficit

Every Child Matters in Iowa is asking Senators Tom Harkin and Charles Grassley to reject the deep cuts in programs for children, youth and families the House adopted last week. The House measure cuts $61 billion nationwide in this fiscal year ending September 30, 2011. Hundreds of millions in health, education, and safety programs could be cut in Iowa if the Senate goes along with the House. Every Child Matters urges the Senate to fund children’s programs at their current levels for the rest of the year. Already faced with a severe state budget deficit, the situation in Iowa will be made much worse if Congress adopts the House budget. Among scores of federally funded programs to be cut in Iowa:

1,794 young children will be removed from their Head Start program
Special needs children would lose $5 million in education programs serving them
Iowa’s college students would face a 15% cut in their Pell Grants, totaling $809 million, causing many to leave college
Pregnant women would be denied health care through the Maternal and Child Health block grant
Iowa’s poison control center would likely close
Programs to help children, youth, and parents struggling with substance abuse and mental health issues would be slashed by $1 million
Doors to 21st Century Community Learning Centers would close to hundred of Iowa children and youth